Ninth In the World

Although Di Jiu wanted to show his competence, he was not so stupid as to refine 12 special-class nine-inscription Darkglow Elixirs.

He cleaned the cauldron, started the earth fire, selected the right herbs and purified the medicinal liquid…

Huo Qianqian’s eyes glowed with excitement as she watched Di Jiu’s dexterous movements. She had been right, Di Jiu was indeed a very strong grade-three alchemy master.

Even Elder Hui stood up excitedly when he saw Di Jiu purifying the medicinal liquid. Even though Di Jiu held back some of his abilities, he was still significantly stronger than any other third-grade alchemy master Elder Hui had seen.

Di Jiu was confident that he could refine the third-grade Darkglow Elixirs within half an hour if he used his own cauldron and Dao Fire. However, he did not need one hour to finish everything, even if he did not have his own cauldron and Dao Fire. In order to hold back some of his abilities, Di Jiu forcibly dragged the whole process out for about half an hour before he created 12 dragon eye-sized elixirs using the Elixir Art.

The elixirs had a faint scent. Elder Hui took the jade bottle which contained the 12 Darkglow Elixirs even before Di Jiu had passed them to him.

The 12 Darkglow Elixirs were poured onto the white-jade plate before them. There were six eye-catching Darkglow Elixirs with inscriptions, and three elixirs even had three inscriptions on them.

“Good elixirs, good elixirs…” Elder Hui was extremely excited as he held onto one three-inscription supreme-grade Darkglow Elixir. He had hardly been able to refine supreme-grade Darkglow Elixirs with three inscriptions even before his Elixir Dao had been destroyed.

“Elder Hui, is this the three-inscription special-class Darkglow Elixir?” Huo Qianqian exclaimed.

Huo Qianqian led Di Jiu to the guest lounge next door and served him a cup of immortal spiritual herb tea. “This is the immortal spiritual tea of the Big Star Elixir Building. Alchemy Master Di, please have a try and tell me how you feel about it.”

The immortal spiritual herb tea was different from typical tea leaves. It was a combination of the tender leaves of the immortal spiritual tree and up to 100 spiritual herbs. The quality of the tea was dependent on the quality of the tender leaves and the added spiritual herbs.

The older and higher-level the spiritual herb, the better and more expensive it was. The rarer the added spiritual herbs, the more pricey the tea. This was because such tea would have stronger Immortal Spirit Qi that was beneficial for cultivation.

The colors of different immortal spiritual herbal teas varied, as they all had their own formula.

The tea served by the Big Star Elixir Building had a light red color and a rich and mellow smell.

Di Jiu took a sip of the tea and a rich Immortal Spirit aura filled his throat. He could feel his cultivation experience fluctuating. This was indeed a good cup of tea.

“Good tea,” Di Jiu said subconsciously.

Huo Qianqian smiled. “I don’t have a lot of this because I got it from the headquarters of the Big Star Elixir Building. I’ll take more the next time I go there and give some of it to you. Only the Big Star Elixir Building has this tea and we rarely sell it. Many people come to our auction to get our tea.”

Di Jiu thought to himself that, although the tea was good, it lacked a mild and pure aura. The only merit of the tea was its strong Immortal Spirit Qi, which made it suitable for cultivation.

What was the meaning of drinking tea? In Di Jiu’s opinion, it helped one relax and soothed one’s emotions, bringing extreme peace.

If he were to create an Immortal Spiritual Tea with a mild and pure aura, or even peaceful Dao runes infused in it, it would definitely be very popular.

Peace was pure, clean, and simple.

If that was the case, then other immortal spiritual herbs could not be added to his Immortal Spiritual Tea. The tender leaves of the Immortal Spiritual Tea alone would suffice. Therefore, he needed the best Immortal Spiritual Tree.

As long as he had the best immortal spiritual tea, he could pick the tender leaves and refine the finest and purest Immortal Spiritual Tea by using his understanding of the Fundamental Order.

Not only could the tea help in cultivation, but it could also let the person relax and get rid of irritation during cultivation and any unstable foundation caused by exhaustive cultivation.

“Alchemy Master Di…” Huo Qianqian hurriedly reminded Di Jiu after seeing him get lost in deep thoughts after drinking a sip of tea.

Di Jiu came back to reality and apologized. “Please pardon me. I was distracted by something.”

If an ordinary Immortal Lord cultivator had the audacity to get distracted in front of a mid-stage Zenith Heaven Immortal like her, Huo Qianqian would have slapped them.

However, she dared not do that to Di Jiu because she wanted to draw him over. She smiled immediately. “I do this all the time. It is really common.”

Di Jiu made use of this opportunity to say, “I drank a mouthful of tea just now, and it is indeed good tea. Could you help me get some of the twigs of the immortal spiritual herbal tree when you go to the headquarters next time?”

Huo Qianqian smiled. “Oh, so you were thinking about this matter. I had the same idea previously, so I brought the herbal tree here. However, I have not figured how to prepare the tea until now. I will give the tree to you since you know so much about the Alchemy Dao.”

Huo Qianqian raised her hand after finishing her words and a tree that was at least ten feet tall appeared in front of Di Jiu. The tender leaves of the tree were practically untouched, and it was obvious that Huo Qianqian had not researched much about immortal spiritual tea.

Di Jiu, who was overjoyed, cupped his fists immediately. “Deacon Huo, thank you.”

Huo Qianqian waved and said, “This is merely a level-three immortal spiritual tree. Don’t mention it.”

Immortal spiritual tea trees had different levels too. The tree Huo Qianqian had taken was considered a low-level tree. That made sense, since the Big Star Elixir Building probably would not give her any of the high-level trees.

Di Jiu put away the tea and started thinking about how he could create a new type of tea and enter the market of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.

Unlike how cautious he had been when he had first come to the city, Di Jiu finally had a status there. He was a grade-three alchemy master of the Elixir Association with the identification card of a grade-three alchemy master.

“Alchemy Master Di, you probably know what I am thinking of. The Big Star Elixir Building is in need of alchemy masters. Hence, I would like to recruit you as a foreign alchemy master of the Big Star Elixir Building. May I know how you would feel about this?” Huo Qianqian voiced out her thoughts when Di Jiu sat down.

It was easier to persuade Di Jiu now that she had given him an immortal spiritual tea tree.

Di Jiu said, “Deacon Huo, I came to the Big Star Elixir Building to find a job. May I know how you would like to hire me?”

Huo Qianqian was delighted. “Since you are a grade-four great immortal alchemy master, we cannot afford to hire you directly. I have two solutions.”

“Please tell me about them.” Di Jiu cupped his fists.